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Radiohead Gradually Erases its Internet Presence

posted by martyb on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the lighter-shade-of-pale? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Is this a cleverly crafted Radiohead album launch, a protest, or something else?

Radiohead's internet presence is disappearing. As Reddit users noted, their website slowly decreased in opacity until it went entirely blank. It appears that tweets and Facebook posts from their accounts have been steadily disappearing. Update (5/1, 2:00 p.m. ET): There are no longer any tweets or Facebook posts on the band's accounts. Their profile pictures and cover photos have gone completely blank, as well. This comes one day after fans of the band received mysterious flyers with the words "Sing a song of sixpence that goes/Burn the Witch/We know where you live." It's unclear what it is, but something seems to be happening. Update (5/1, 2:28 p.m. ET): Now, it appears Thom Yorke has deleted his tweets. Update (5/1, 3:18 p.m. ET): Their Google+ page has now gone blank.

In the age of Napster, the band has been forward-thinking, so it could be anything.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:41AM (#340618)

    I wouldn't have put much credence into this, but then I saw that Reddit users were reporting it, so I knew it must be reliable.

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  • (Score: 2) by Absolutely.Geek on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:43AM

    by Absolutely.Geek (5328) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @03:43AM (#340620)

    If a Reddit post says "never trust a Reddit post" how are we supposed to react???

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    Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.

    • (Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:12AM

      by BsAtHome (889) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:12AM (#340647)

      You do:
      1 - take out the perfect random number generator
      2 - get a number
      3 - if it is odd, don't believe what you read
      4 - if it is even, do not believe what you read
      5 - ???
      6 - profit

      Your random luck may vary.

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:31PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:31PM (#340856)

        1 - take out the perfect random number generator

        SEGFAULT

        Well, that was over fast.

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        "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"

    • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday May 03 2016, @06:22AM

      by maxwell demon (1608) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 03 2016, @06:22AM (#340682) Journal

      As always: Trust what you agree with, distrust what you don't agree with. ;-)

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      The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:38AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @10:38AM (#340761)

        Trust *you* to come up with something so completely false!

        • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday May 03 2016, @12:06PM

          by maxwell demon (1608) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday May 03 2016, @12:06PM (#340785) Journal

          Trust you to not know the meaning of the character sequence ";-)"

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          The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

      • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:33PM

        by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @02:33PM (#340857)

        signature \/

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        "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @01:56PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 03 2016, @01:56PM (#340838)

      If a Reddit post says "never trust a Reddit post" how are we supposed to react???

      1. We tape a buttered sandwich to the back of a cat
      2. We drop the cat
      3. ???
      4. PROFIT!

    • (Score: 2) by JeanCroix on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:51PM

      by JeanCroix (573) on Tuesday May 03 2016, @05:51PM (#340953)
      1) Captain Kirk always lies.
      2) Captain Kirk says he is lying.
      3) Computer asplode.